1916

Sixteeners came through the big blizzard of '78 with minor difficulties. Duffy and BettyLewis' cellar was flooded; Hollis and CarolNickerson (who gave up a Florida home this year) came through with no trouble; JessiePettengill's summer place at New Castle, N.H., has part of the sea wall on her front lawn; the high winds out on the tip of Long Island took a few trees at Fred St. George-Smith's place at West Hampton Beach; and Ken and Mary Ross curled up in their Port Washington, L.I., home to catch up on their reading and let the storm go by.

Turning to the West Coast, Dan Lindsley reports from Sierra Madre, Calif., the greatest rainfall in 100 years.

With regret to the Class and sympathy to the families, we are sorry to tell of the deaths of Spence Sully on February 28 and Israel Eigner on March 18. To these we have to add the passing of Gil Tapley's widow Mabel.

Spence Sully, after service with the Rainbow Division during World War I, followed oil exploration and leases in the Southwest, retiring to Laguna Hills, Calif. A note from his widow Katherine carried her appreciation for the roses sent with the Class's sympathy.

Israel Eigner had been inactive for the past years because of a stroke. He spent his working years with the Internal Revenue Service. Almost from his first days at Dartmouth his classmates affectionately nicknamed him "Ignatz," and he wore the name with distinction.

Memorials will appear in coming issues.

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